Improvement in hop-vine teellis



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IMPROVEMENT IN HOP-VINE TRELLIS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN;

Be it known that I, YOUNGS W. SMITH, of Bristol, in the county of Ontario, and State of New York, have invented a certain `new=and improved rTrellis for Hop-Vines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereo'referencc being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a plan of my improvedA trellis.

Figure 2,- a side velevation of the same.

Figure 3, 'an end elevation.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention consists in the arrangement of post-sor standards, and supporting connecting-wires, in eombination with stakes and diagonal cords for training the vines upon, substantially as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, A A are elevated posts or standards situated at opposite ends of the trellis, and supporting theparallel wires or cords a a. The end posts are likewise connected by cross-wires or cords, I) b,'to which are secured intermediate wires, a a,si1nilar to a a.

Stakes B B, set at uniform distances apart from the rows, run at right angles to each other. To the top of each of thesestakcs I attach a cord or twine, d, which passes diagonally over the supporting-wire a, which hangs intermediate between two rows of stakes, and at a'considerable elevation above theroyand is conneeted with a stakeof the next row, theneedagonally back tothe next alternate stake of the first row,so

continuing to the end ofthe trellis, then returning by connecting with each alternate stake in the same manner. This process is repeated with each pair of rows until the whol'esection is crossed diagonally by the twine, forming a completcjnet-werlt, the cords radiating rcgularlyin four directions from the top of each stake.

- I prefer toihavc but four vines trained upon each stake B B, and at the top of the stakes the vines are trained ol`l` in opposite directions, one following each of the cords d. Their growth will ordinarily take them up to the supporting-wires a a', but if continued, they find au adequate support in those wires.

In raising hops, it is a mattei' of muchiniportauce that the rines-should be kept separated from each other, so as to allow a free circulation of air between them, and exposure to the sun. When the vines are allowed to grow in masses, they are more subject to the ravages of insects and to the formation of mildew and rust, and greatly detcrioates their growth audrlessens their yield. L 4

By my improvement and system of training, these, diiliculties are obviated. The rines are not only kept separated, andicach one` allowed an independent growth, but by the open net-work of thc trellis, the airis allowed a free circulation throughout, and the vines are effectually exposed to the light andsun.

By the employment of the cross-wire (1,1 dispense with the use of any intermediate posits, for attaching the wire supports a to, thereby requiring but one post at each corner, and thus lcssening the cost.

vWhat I claim asmy invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is V '.lhe improved hop-trellis, formed of thc elevated parallel suppo1tingwiies a a and standards A A, in couibination with stakes B B, and diagonal nct-worleof twine, alternating from row to row, and stake to stake, over the intermediate supporting-wires, a u', arranged substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof', I have hereunto signed my name in the presence' ot' two subscribing witnesses.

YOUNGS W. SMITH.

Witnesses:

J. A. Davis, W. J. CREELMAN. Y 

